Life’s Plan

 

This morning, as the soft golden light filtered through the curtain and a warm cup of black coffee rested in my hands, I sat by the window of my small condo. The world outside was slowly waking up, birds chirping, a distant honk here and there, and that familiar calm before the city rushes into motion.

As I sat there quietly, some thoughts came uninvited, memories, events, a few regrets, and some surprises from the past few months. They passed through my mind like an old movie reel. And while I sipped my coffee, one quiet truth whispered louder than the rest: we make so many plans, don’t we?

We plan our careers. We plan our relationships. We even plan the next five years, ten years, and sometimes, our whole lives. But then… life takes a turn. And suddenly, the road we carefully mapped out begins to crumble beneath our feet.

Maybe you’ve experienced it too. You wanted to stay in a job, but you had to quit. You thought someone would stay forever, but they didn’t. You worked hard for something, but it slipped away just when you were about to reach it.

In those moments, we often feel shaken. We ask, “Why me? What did I do wrong?” We feel as if all our efforts were in vain and everything we built just scattered like sand in the wind.

But here’s the thing I’ve come to realize, life has its own script. And we’re not always given the next page in advance.

When we are in the middle of that uncertainty, it feels like a mess. A heartbreak. A failure. A loss. But if we move ahead, just step by step, even with doubts in our pockets and hope barely alive—one day we look back and everything connects.

The job you lost pushed you to discover a passion. The person who left made space for someone who saw the real you. The failure you feared became the foundation of your growth.

Looking back, those broken plans weren’t really broken. They were just redirections. From what you thought you wanted, to what you truly needed.

It reminds me of something Aristotle once hinted at in his philosophy, not directly in these words, but deeply in meaning: "Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." And sometimes, the only way we truly begin to know ourselves… is when life takes us where we never planned to go.

So today, if you’re feeling lost, or if your plans seem to be falling apart, I want you to pause and breathe. Maybe it’s not the end. Maybe it’s a quiet turn toward something better, something that is meant for you.

Trust the journey. Walk gently. Let life unfold, even if it’s not going as per your plan. Because someday, you’ll sit with a cup of coffee, look back, smile, and realize: “Ah… now it makes sense.” And maybe, just maybe, it was never just your plan, it was life’s plan. Or better yet, God’s gentle way of guiding you home.